Podcast Episodes

Predicting suicide

About 800,000 people take their own lives every year, that’s one person every 40 seconds, according to the World Health Organization.

For decades, doc…

7 years, 5 months ago

‘No Men Allowed’ – The Gym Getting Women Fit and into Work

In 2006, Turkish entrepreneur Bedriye Hülya set up her first women-only gym, b-fit. It’s cheap to join and is now a successful chain.

Many women in T…

7 years, 5 months ago

How Nepal Doubled its Tiger Population

Over the past 10 years, Nepal has almost doubled its population of Bengal tigers – it’s estimated the country now has 235 of the magnificent beasts. …

7 years, 6 months ago

The shopping mall where everything is recycled

There are 14 specialist shops at the Retuna shopping mall in Eskilstuna, Sweden, but they all have one thing in common. Every item for sale in the sh…

7 years, 6 months ago

The Turkish App to Help Autistic Children Learn

There are an estimated 350,000 autistic children in Turkey, but only 20,000 to 30,000 of those children are thought to be in education.

And because o…

7 years, 6 months ago

The Talent Show for Honest People

In this talent show, it doesn’t matter if you can sing or dance, the winner just has to be honest and good at their job. It’s called Integrity Idol a…

7 years, 6 months ago

Does the world need more babies?

People in many parts of the world are having fewer babies than they were 60 years ago, and that’s worrying some countries.

So in order to maintain th…

7 years, 7 months ago

Checking in with the Problem Solvers

Do you ever wonder what happens to the people and projects we feature? This week we revisit innovators around the world to see how their schemes have…

7 years, 7 months ago

The Little Libraries Bringing Books into People’s Homes

In 2009, Todd Bol built a small box in the shape of a school, filled it with books and placed it on his front lawn in Wisconsin, in the US. The book…

7 years, 7 months ago

Can US Entrepreneurs Help Fix Education in Africa?

Many African countries face huge challenges in education. Millions of children completing primary school still struggle to read and teachers that sho…

7 years, 7 months ago